Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ODYSSEY: BOOK 24. THE LAST JOURNEY OF THE WOOERS, by HOMER Poet's Biography First Line: And now cyllenian hermes summoned forth Last Line: Simulars of the dead. Subject(s): Mythology - Classical | ||||||||
AND now Cyllenian Hermes summon'd forth The spirits of the suitors; waving wide The golden wand of power to seal all eyes In slumber, and to ope them wide again, He drove them gibbering down into the shades, As when the bats within some hallow'd cave Flit squeaking all around, for if but one Fall from the rock, the rest all follow him, In such connexion mutual they adhere; So, after bounteous Mercury, the ghosts Troop'd downward gibbering all the dreary way. The Ocean's flood and the Leucadian rock, The Sun's gate also and the land of Dreams They pass'd, whence next into the meads they came Of Asphodel, by shadowy forms possess'd, Simulars of the dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#11): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND MEDUSA by MARVIN BELL THE BIRTH OF VENUS by HAYDEN CARRUTH LEDA 2: A NOTE ON VISITATIONS by LUCILLE CLIFTON LEDA 3: A PERSONAL NOTE (RE: VISITATIONS) by LUCILLE CLIFTON UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY by STEPHEN DOBYNS THE ILIAD: ACHILLES OVER THE TRENCH by HOMER |
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